Ubu Films: 1965-1970

A compilation of experimental shorts made by members of Australia’s first consciously avant garde filmmaking group formed in Sydney in 1965. ‘Blunderball’ (Albie Thoms, 1966), is a parody of James Bond films; in ‘Man and His World’ (Albie Thoms, 1966) a one second image is stretched to fifty seconds; ‘Puncture’ (David Perry, 1967) was created by punching holes in opaque filmstock; ‘Halftone’ (David Perry, 1966) explores the abstract graphic potential of newspaper photographs; ‘Rita & Dundi’ (Albie Thoms, 1966) is a portrait of two women in inner city Sydney; records a ‘happening’ on four cameras; ‘Bluto’ (Albie Thoms, 1967) is a hand-made scratch film; ‘The Tribulations of Mr Dupont Nomore’ (David Perry, 1967) concerns the escape fantasies of a henpecked husband; in ‘Transition’ (Aggy Read,1967) a blank screen is filled with random lines and shapes; ‘Super Block High’ (Aggy Read,1967) is a hand made film created by incising opaque film stock with a grinding wheel; ‘Moon Virility’ (Albie Thoms, 1967) is a hand-made film with a ‘found’ optical soundtrack; ‘Bolero’ (Albie Thoms, 1967) is a n experiment in visual perception to Ravel’s music; ‘Boobs a Lot’ (Aggy Read, 1968) is a montage of Playboy centrefolds cut to the music of the Fugs; ‘David Perry’ (Albie Thoms, 1968) is a ‘synthetic documentary’ of the artist; ‘Tobias Icarus Age Four’ (Clem Weight, 1968); ‘A Sketch on Abigayl’s Belly’ (David Perry, 1968) is a ‘poetic diary film of Perry’s wife’s pregnancy ; ‘Marinetti’ (Albie Thoms, 1969) is a complex ‘longform’ film inspired by F.T. Marinetti; ‘Infinity Girl’ (Aggy Read, 1969) is a film poem with multiple superimpositions; ‘Album’ (David Perry, 1970) is a montage on the theme of the film-maker’s family album.